Amino-j-phenyl-propane



United States Patent ()flice 3,251,858 Patented May 17, 1966 2-{N-[OMEGA-PHENYL-OMEGA-THIENYL-ALKYL- (1)]}-ANHNO-3-PHENYL-PROPANE Kurt Thiele and Albert Gross, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, assignors to Deutsche Goldund Silber-Schei- 5 deanstalt vormals Roessler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany No Drawing. Filed Nov. 9, 1962, Ser. No. 236,733 Claims priority, applicgtigr; Gelrmauy, Nov. 10, 1961,

1 Claim. (31. 260-3323) The present invention relates to new pharmacologically valuable compounds of the formula:

The compounds according to the invention have valuable central nervous system stimulating and coronary dilating properties.

The compounds according to the invention, for example, can be prepared by reacting a compound of the formula ilk l'm with l' I Lil or MgBr-L to form a compound of the formula lk 1 p 1 .11;:

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The novel compounds according to the invention can also be prepared in various other ways, for example, a compound of the formula gig can be reacted with MgBr to produce a hydroxy compound of Formula Ill.

The bases thus obtained can be converted to their acid addition salts by reacting withpharmaceutically acccptable organic or inorganic acids, such as acetic, hydrochloric, hydrobromic, hydriodic, sulfuric, phosphoric, citric, p-toluene sulfonic acids and the like. They also may be converted into the corresponding quaternary salts with the aid of lower alkyl halides, such as methyl bromide, methyl iodide, as well as other alkyl acid derivatives.

The following examples will serve to illustrate the invention with reference to several embodiments thereof.

Example I A solution of 12.8 g. butyl lithium (0.2 mol) in 20 cc. of absolute ether was cooled to 15 C. and 8.4 g. of thiophene (0.1 mol) added thereto dropwise at this temperature. After half an hour the reaction mixture was cooled down to 5 C. and 26.7 g. (0.1 mol) of 2-{N- [3' phenyl-3'-oxo-propyl-(1)}-amino-3-phenyl-propane dissolved in ether added thereto. After such addition the mixture was stirred for a further hour and then decomposed with aqueous NH Cl while cooling. The ether layer was then separated off and the 2-{N-[3-phenyl-3'- thienyl 3' hydroxy-propyl-(l)]}-amino-3-phenyl-propane isolated therefrom. The free base had a boiling point of 235-240 C. at 2 mm. Hg.- The base formed a hydrochloride having a melting point of C.

Example 2 A Grignard solution was prepared from 4.8 g. of Mg filings (0.2 mol) and 32.6 g. of 2-brorno-thiophene in dry ether. 60.6 g. (0.2 mol) of 2-{N-[3'-phenyl-3'-oxopropyl-( 1') }amino-3-phenyl-propane.HCl suspended in dry ether were added dropwise to the Grignard solution. The reaction immediately went to completion. The reaction mixture was decomposed with NH Cl and H 0, the hydrochloride salt of the reaction product converted to the free base with dilute NaOH and the free base 2-{N- [3' phenyl-3-trienyl-3 -hydroxy-propyl-( 1') }-amino-3- phenyl-propane isolated as an oil by extraction with ether and evaporating the ether 01f from the extnaet. The free base was neutralized with isopropanolic HOl. The melting point of the resulting HCl salt was 190 C. as in Example 1. The yield was 47 g.=67% s We claim:

The compound 2 {N-[3-phenyl-3'-(2 thienyl)-3'-hydroxy-propyl-( 1) }-amino-3-phenyl-propane.

References Cited by the Examm' er m I v OTHER REFERENCES I V 5 7 w UNITED STATES PATENTS I Burger Medicinal Chemi try, Interscience Inc., New

York (1960), p. 598.

2 3 1 2 I 5 3 R d x l Ehrhart Archiv der Pharmazie, vol. 295 (March 19 62),

5 pp., 196-205. v v

IRVINGMARCUS, Primary Examiner. JOHN D. RANDOLPH, WALTER A. MODANCEQ 'I I Examiners;

FOREIGN PATENTS 579,750 7/1959 Canada. 1,051,281 2/1959 Germany. 

